DBT & Interpersonal Effectiveness Skills Goals of Interpersonal Effectiveness: Factors in the Way of Interpersonal Effectiveness: Objectives – Obtaining Them Skillfully: Clarifying Goals In Interpersonal Situations: Guidelines For Objectives Effectiveness: Getting What I Want (DEAR MAN) Guidelines For Relationship Effectiveness: Keeping The Relationship (GIVE) Guidelines For Self-Respect Effectiveness: Keeping Respect For Yourself (FAST) Troubleshooting: When…
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Living With Borderline Personality Disorder – Highlights Of DBT’s Mindfulness & Distress Tolerance Skills
DBT & Mindfulness Skills Goals of Mindfulness Practice: Core Mindfulness Skills: Focused Mindfulness Skills Nonjudgmental How to Practice Being NonJudgemental: Practicing Effectiveness Half Smile Willing Hands Half-Smiling Willing Hands tells my body there isn’t a threat. To me, this dolphin is a beautiful example of Half-Smile Willing Hands with her sweet face and outward pectoral…
Living With Borderline Personality Disorder – Unstable & Fragile Identities
Identity Problems and BPD From Chapter 7, page 99 of Borderline Personality for Dummies: Those who suffer from BPD often have the feeling that they’ve lost their identity. Unlike those who’ve lost their financial or online identity, people with BPD have lost something dearer and more fundamental. They lack a sense of who they are…
Living With Borderline Personality Disorder – Coping With The Inner Critic
That Inner Critic Everyone has an Inner Critic. What does my Inner Critic say? She says things like: People are mad at you. People do not like you. I am in trouble. I have done something wrong. Other people are right and I am wrong – I must defer. I must defer to those who…
Living With Borderline Personality Disorder – DBT Skills Need Time & Everyday Practice To Become A Part Of Me
Healing Takes Time In a recent therapy session, I spoke of feeling overwhelmed with the many Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) skills taught to help those with BPD navigate life with better success. My therapist reassured me I am still relatively new to adjusting with my BPD diagnoses, and it will take some time to settle…
Living With Borderline Personality Disorder – The Hulk Uses Dialectical Behaviour Therapy
The Hulk Uses Dialectical Behaviour Therapy On Marvel’s new She Hulk Attorney at Law, Hulk is teaching his newly transformed She Hulk cousin Jennifer Walters how to emotionally regulate using Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT). DBT is a real therapy created by Marsha Linehan for those like myself with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD). Hulk’s way of…
Living With Borderline Personality Disorder – Behind My Mona Lisa Smile – What BPD Feels Like For Me
What My BPD Feels Like Mona Lisa Smile In that odd way how there are no coincidences, I felt compelled to add my picture with the Mona Lisa. I Googled why the Mona Lisa is so famous and found this explanation from the Britannica Website, Why Is The Mona Lisa So Famous: The unknown identity…
Living With Borderline Personality Disorder – Anxious – Ambivalent (Preoccupied) Attachment Style & Fear of Abandonment
Jennifer May, PhD – Great DBT Resource on YouTube As I prepare for more focused Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) sessions with my therapist, I found a fantastic DBT resource on YouTube – Jennifer May, PhD. She has a DBT video for every part of the intensive therapy, as well as many other helpful videos such…